- Point Blank (band)
Infobox musical artist
Name = Point Blank
Img_capt = Point Blank at the Billy Bob's France, June 2007
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Origin = flagicon|USA Irving,Texas ,USA
Genre =Southern rock
AOR
Years_active =1974 -1982 ,2007
Label = Arista, MCA,Dixiefrog
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URL = [http://www.pointblanksouthernrock.com]
Current_members = Rusty Burns
John O'Daniel
Phillip Petty
Buzzy GruenBuddy Whittington
Larry Telford
Past_members = Kim Davis
Steve Hardin
Bill Randolph
Karl Berke
Shannon Day
Bubba Keith
Mike HamiltonPoint Blank is an American
rock and roll band hailing fromTexas . The band formed in1974 and recorded six albums between1976 and1982 . Garnering occasional airplay on AOR radio stations, the band is best known for their1981 hit single "Nicole".History
The band was discovered and managed by
Bill Ham 's Lone Wolf Productions (ZZ Top ,Hank Williams Jr. ). Point Blank's sound was rooted insouthern rock andboogie , but drifted tohard rock and mainstream AOR by the early 1980s.Nicole
In 1982 Point Blank released their fourth album, "American Exce$$" which included the song Nicole. With strong air-play on AOR radio stations the track reached #20 on
Billboard Magazine 's Rock Tracks chart. Subsequently, Nicole was also released as a 45 RPM single and peaked inside theTop 40 at #39 on Billboard'sHot 100 . While other songs received airplay and charted, this was the only time Point Blank placed a record inside the top 40, and thus the band are remembered by some as aone-hit wonder .Trivia
Point Blank is mentioned in by MCA Records President Al Bergamo, as the type of mainstream band a major corporation would prefer to promote over punk bands like X.
Discography
*Point Blank (Arista) 1976 - includes "That's The Law", and "Distance"
*Second Season (Arista) 1977 - includes "Stars And Scars" and cover ofBob Seger 's "Beautiful Loser"
*Airplay (MCA) 1979 - includes "Mean to Your Queenie"
*The Hard Way (MCA) 1980, - includes cover ofDeep Purple 's "Highway Star"
*American Exce$$ (MCA) 1981 - includes "Nicole" and "Let Me Stay With You Tonight"
*On a Roll (MCA) 1982 - includes "On A Roll", "Great White Line", and "Gone Hollywood"
*Reloaded (Dixiefrog) 2007 - Live album recorded in 2005"Members
1976
*Rusty Burns - Guitar
*Kim Davis - Guitar
*John O'Daniel - Vocals
*Buzzy Gruen - Drums
*Phillip Petty - Bass1979
*Rusty Burns - Guitar
*Kim Davis - Guitar
*John O'Daniel - Vocals
*Buzzy Gruen - Drums
*Steve Hardin - Keyboards
*Bill Randolph - Bass1980
*Rusty Burns - Guitar
*Kim Davis - Guitar
*John O'Daniel - Vocals
*Buzzy Gruen - Drums
*Bill Randolph - Bass
*Karl Berke - Keyboards
*Shannon Day - Keyboards1981
*Rusty Burns - Guitar
*Kim Davis - Guitar
*Buzzy Gruen - Drums
*Bill Randolph - Bass
*Bubba Keith - Vocals
*Mike Hamilton - keyboards2007
*Rusty Burns - Guitar
*John O'Daniel - Vocals
*Phillip Petty - Bass
*Buzzy Gruen - Drums
*Buddy Whittington - Guitar
*Larry Telford - KeyboardsExternal links
* [http://www.pointblanksouthernrock.com/ pointblanksouthernrock.com] - Point Blank's Official Website
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